Report: Cain to endorse Newt Monday

Report: Cain to endorse Newt Monday

By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 12/4/11 10:33 PM EST Updated: 12/5/11 12:20 AM EST

That was fast!

Fox-5 in Atlanta, the same station that broke the Ginger White allegations, is reporting that Herman Cain is going to endorse Newt Gingrich on Monday. Gingrich's camp put a late add of a press conference at 1:45 p.m. on his schedule.
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And Gingrich just added a media availability to his schedule in New York on Monday, suggesting the likelihood the endorsement will be held in Manhattan.

Gingrich was effusive in his praise of Cain while he himself was in New York over the weekend for a town hall event on Staten Island. And polling even before the former Godfather's Pizza CEO dropped out had suggested Gingrich would be the beneficiary of his support.

But it will give Gingrich a potentially immediate boost of a few more points in Iowa, where two polls over the weekend showed him as the clear frontrunner already at this stage of the game.

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Endorsing Newt makes no sense to me, especially since Cain was adamant about not granting amnesty to illegal aliens. Newt is at least for a partial amensty. What are you thinking, Cain?

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Originally Posted by Oldglory

Endorsing Newt makes no sense to me, especially since Cain was adamant about not granting amnesty to illegal aliens. Newt is at least for a partial amensty. What are you thinking, Cain?

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Perhaps he's thinking of a political appointment if Newt wins?

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Originally Posted by Ratbstard

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Originally Posted by Oldglory

Endorsing Newt makes no sense to me, especially since Cain was adamant about not granting amnesty to illegal aliens. Newt is at least for a partial amensty. What are you thinking, Cain?

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Perhaps he's thinking of a political appointment if Newt wins?

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Yep, I am thinking you are right RB. Politics is a game.